Mohabbat ka jaam maine pee liya
Chhod teri yaadon ko ab maine jeena seekh liya
Waqt bhi badi haseen karwatein badalta hai..
Kabhi teri tanhayi mein raat jaaga karte the
To aaj kisi aur ke fitoor mein raatein katt jaaya karti hai
Kabhi un aansuon ki wajah tum hua karti thi
To aaj uss muskaan ke piche ki wajah koi aur ban gaya hai
Kabhi pagalon jaisa pyaar tumse kiya karte the
Aaj deewaano jaisi ashiqui kisi aur se ho gayi hai
Mukammal hoga ye ishq, itna nahin maloom!
Lekin dil laga kar usse maine fir se jeena seekh liya hain-
Loves to write
The most successful failure
When your eyes met mine, I felt an ecstasy of emotions within me
You were like a shooting star that fell on earth just to be mine
I fell
Not in love
But into an abyss where the air was pitilessly raw
Suffocated and intoxicated,
Everything faded into oblivion
Not all true passions seeks its destination
Some lay incomplete,
Incomplete within itself
Those lacerations still bleed
Yet again, I choose pain every single time-
Pyaar to tum kabhi kar nahi payi
Nafrat to dhang se kar leti
Bagawat keeval tumne hi nahi kiya
Hum bhi andar hi andar khud se
Bagawat karte rahe
Shaqal pe jhoothi hashi
Aur dil me dard lekar ghoomte rahe-
Kya mere ehsaason ko zaya karke tum yoohin chali jaogi?
Kya mere jazbaaton ko bayaan karne se pehle hi muh fer logi?
Kya kal kuch bhi nahi bachega humare darmiyaan?
Kya tum sach me chali jaogi?-
Tum bahoon ki baat karte ho
Hum toh faaslon mein bhi
Sukoon dhoondh liya karte hain-
Years after...
We met again
But a lot had changed...
You weren't the same immature, carefree tomboyish girl
That you used to be
Neither things were
Seeing the kangan on your hands
And bindi on your forehead..
I realised a lot had changed in these years
Someone once insane n bubbly girl
Had become a responsible woman
Someone who hated dressing up
Had become too concerned about her looks
That mascara, that lip gloss, those earrings
All added to your beauty
Carrying a quintessential smile on your face
You walked with a wonderful gait
You had become the immaculate version of yourself
Juxtaposing personalities altogether,
Yet I fell for you again..
Much more than did last time.-
Kabhi mehfil mein humse
Chupke se aa kar milna
Kabhi ghane andheron mein
Humse muh fer lena
Kabhi husn ke jalwe bikher kar
Qatl-e-aam karna
Kabhi isharo-isharo mein
Bohot kuch keh jaana
Kabhi humse nazrein milana
Kabhi sharam se nazrein chura lena
Kabhi seene se lipat kar
Tumhari un dabi siskiyon ko sunna
Kabhi tumhari muskurahat mein
Khud ko kho dena
Kabhi sath rehne ki kasmein
Kabhi door jaane ke waadein
Kuch hadein hai meri
Kuch hadein hai teri
Lekin daayro me bhi
Ishq hota hai-
Tum uski kurbat mein baithe
Sapne sanjo rahi thi
Aur wo tumhare sapno
Ki numaish karne ki
Saajish rach raha tha-
Koi mujhse tumhare bare mein puche
To main hamesha yehi jawab dunga..
"Jhoothi tasalli, Khokhle waadein
Nazayaz ishq"
In mein maahir thi woh!-
Janta tha tum kisi aur ki amaanat ho
Phir bhi tumse ishq kiya
Janta tha tumhare chahat ka silsila
Ek kissa ban kar hi reh jayega
Phir bhi tumse ishq kiya
Janta tha tumhare dil me kabhi
Panaah nahi dhundh paunga
Phir bhi tumse ishq kiya
Janta tha haqeeqat ke aaina me
Tumhara chehra nahi
Phir bhi tumse ishq kiya
Bhale hi tum na ho is 'ishq' mein
Lekin ye adhoora ishq bhi tumse hi kiya-